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Mr Mark Francois vs Matthew Pennycook

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,349 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,295 different votes 1,349 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
29 Aye 30 No
Trade 8% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
61 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 173 shared votes
110 Aye 63 No
8 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
27 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 28 No
Benefits 0% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
749
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
862
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Appearances
159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 649
Contributions
670
+524.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API